The Siege of Minas Tirith

The Siege of Minas Tirith is a 1975 board wargame published by Fact and Fantasy Games.

Gameplay

The Siege of Minas Tirith is a game that portrays the Battle of Pelennor Fields in addition to the siege of Minas Tirith.[1]

Publication history

According to Shannon Appelcline, in 1975 TSR "started distributing other publishers' games — a pretty common tactic at the time, as the hobbyist industry was pretty fractured. They advertised their first distributed items in The Strategic Review #3 (Autumn 1975): a set of three fantasy board games. To be precise, they were three fantasy board games based on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien: Fact and Fantasy's The Battle of Helm's Deep (1974), Fact and Fantasy's The Siege of Minas Tirith (1975), and LORE's Battle of the Five Armies (1975)."[2]: 22 

Reception

Larry Pound reviewed Siege of Minas Tirith in The Space Gamer No. 3.[1] Pound commented that "All in all, the Siege of Minas Tirith is a good game and is faithful to the trilogy. The rules allow replication of the events of the trilogy without forcing the outcome."[1]

References
  1. Pound, Larry (1975). "Game Review: Siege of Minas Tirith". The Space Gamer. Metagaming (3): 19.
  2. Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '70s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-075-5.
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